Otto Mekanik Posted February 15, 2001 Share Posted February 15, 2001 Found this new operation at the scenario depot and I think its great! Real fun size and the map has some interesting character. Thanks Gerhad for making it. Otto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyFire Posted February 19, 2001 Share Posted February 19, 2001 I'll second the recommendation - this is a great little operation. For those who haven't seen it, it's similar in flavor to "Drive to Mortain", with a fairly narrow map, good defense terrain, and small forces, with both sides getting piecemeal reinforcements. The difference is that you're the Germans, and you're assaulting the Allied AI. The terrain is also more varied: so far I've moved from the initial recon of a farm, over a railway line into a town battle in the fog, and I'm now commanding the heights overlooking a forest and a lake in the distance. SPOILERS I'm on battle 5 right now, and I must be getting near the end of the map. I've had good luck (a PzIV taking two turret penetrations - with no casualties! - before spotting the AT gun and killing it) and bad (those damned naval guns wiped out my 88mm, its entire escort platoon, and a nearby spotter, with their initial ranging shot). I've had walkovers (my armor herded a Brit platoon to their deaths in the swamp), and nail-biting edge-of-the-seat moments (meeting a Crocodile in the fog is not my idea of fun). I've learned to love veteran Panschreck teams, baby my green troops (hey guys, think your entire platoon can go assault that PIAT without panicking?), and count on the massed fire of tank guns to break up defensive lines. I just hope that my depleted initial squads can keep going a little while longer, so that I can save my crack Panzergrenadiers for the final push. And then I think I'll rate it a 5 at CMHQ and play it all over again, giving the AI a +25% force advantage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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